Conwy Valley & North Wales Coast Community Railway Partnership

18/06/2026

This week is Better Transport Week (Campaign for Better Transport), celebrating how better transport connects people and places. Transport for Wales Trafnidiaeth Cymru fflecsi 🚌 operates as a demand-responsive transport initiative, connecting people across rural areas of Wales by picking up and dropping off passengers within a designated service area.

This sustainable and flexible service integrates transport by connecting with other rail and bus services. In North Wales the fflecsi service operates in many areas including:

📍Conwy Valley connecting the towns of Betws-y-Coed and Llanrwst with the surrounding villages.
📍Holywell and its surrounding villages
📍Prestatyn connecting the town centre with its residential areas

Have you used this convenient alternative to traditional bus services?

17/06/2026

Residents of Hwb Hillgrove enjoying home-grown new potatoes for tea tonight 🥔

We have been working with the Bangor-based homelessness charity, Digartref Cyf, at their Hwb Hillgrove supported housing facility to create an engaging outdoor space where residents can:

🍅 Grow their own fresh produce
🧑‍🍳 Learn valuable cooking and budgeting skills
🤝 Enjoy communal activities that promote wellbeing, sustainability and community cohesion

16/06/2026

A little trip to Bodorgan railway station to tend to and refresh the planters ready for the summer season 🌺

🚉 Opened in 1849, the station is a request stop and was originally to be called Trefdraeth. 🏛️ Nearby Bodorgan Hall is the largest country estate in Anglesey. The house, dovecote and barn are Grade II listed buildings. The site occupies a magnificent coastal position while the estate retains many of its original characteristics.

If you'd like to learn more about out stations, their history and nearby attractions visit our website 💻

15/06/2026

We're supporting Rail Safety Week with an educational trip along the Conwy Valley Line 🛤️

Pupils from Ysgol Bro Gwydir were supplied with Rupee & Sushi Rail Safety books as they travelled from Llanrwst to Blaenau Ffestiniog. These interactive, 'choose your own journey' children's books focus on railway accessibility and safety. The pupils enjoyed following the two adorable furry characters 🐕 🐾 on their very first train journey, learning how to navigate the rail network safely and about the support and accessibility features available at stations and on trains.

11/06/2026

With the weather looking somewhat brighter 🌤️ this weekend 🤞 you might be considering a trip to the Welsh coast 🌊 and where there is water, there are watersports 🏄 🛶 🚤.

In this blog we've rounded up some of the most thrilling North Wales watersports easily reached by train 🚉 and bus 🚌 from powerboat tours of the Menai Strait and beyond to coasteering in Trearddur Bay.

Have a read of North Wales Watersports to whet the appetite. Link below 👇

📸 © Hawlfraint y Goron / © Crown Copyright (2025) Cymru Wales

10/06/2026

Getting the planters summer ready! Thank you to our Station Adopters who make sure the plants and flowers are well cared for and flourishing.

09/06/2026

Did you know that in 1848, the Irish Mail train to Holyhead literally carried time?

In this Nation.Cymru feature, Transport for Wales Trafnidiaeth Cymru (TfW) writer-in-residence Jon Gower explores Holyhead's transport history, learns how TfW’s new £10.5m engineering facility is keeping highly skilled jobs right here in North Wales and meets the local railway technicians who double as heroic RNLI lifeboat volunteers!

A fascinating read which you can enjoy below ⬇️

📸 © Robert Mann MA Photography | Hawlfraint y Goron / © Crown Copyright (2025) Cymru Wales

09/06/2026

08/06/2026

Travel by train along the Heart of Wales Line to Builth Road and SAVE on your Royal Welsh Show entry ticket. Remember kids travel free with fare-paying adults.